Calendar Girls January 2013!!

Welcome to ourJanuary Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. Its absolutely amazing when you do a google search the interesting facts you may find. Such a find is special and unique occassions throughout the yea!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his song "Calendar Girls" - "January you start the year out fine".

The hop starts with Edwina at http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/. You won't want to miss a single calendar event!!!!

The line-up for January includes:

Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com

Lucy - http://love2createitall.com

Janet - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Tabetha - http://tabethascreations.blogspot.com/

Vicky - http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/

January Occassions We Wish to Share:

• Hot Tea Month - Edwina
• National Oatmeal Month - Miriam
• National Soup Month

3 Festival of Sleep Day - Vicky

3 Fruitcake Toss Day

5 National Bird Day - Lucy

6 Cuddle Up Day - Janet

8 Bubble Bath Day - Kimberly

11 Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day -

12 National Pharmacist Day: Lynne

14 Dress Up Your Pet Day: Anita

15 National Hat Day: Jearise

17 Ditch New Years Resolutions Day: Tabetha

18 Winnie the Pooh Day -The Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne: Lynne

20 Penguin Awareness Day:Anita

21 National Hugging Day: Jearise

21 Squirrel Appreciation Day- Tabetha

23 National Pie Day - Miriam

27 Chocolate Cake Day - Lucy

28 National Kazoo Day

29 National Puzzle Day: Lucy

29 National Cornchip Day -Janet

31 Backward Day

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For my first holiday I did National Oatmeal Month. I love oatmeal and I eat it every day for breakfast, but I thought I needed to do something a little more fun for this project that a layout of me eating breakfast. So, I made a treat box for my daughter for Valentine's which has oatmeal cookies in it. The backing for the treat box was made out of a 5" by 7" card shipper (available from Miriam's Crafting Supplies). I took the side flaps off of it so that the sides would be open, put the whole thing on my Cricut mat and lined it up to cut a heart out of the front of the box using MTC. I cut it higher than I anticipated, so instead of transparency I used card stock to back it. Then, I cut the same heart out of paper and covered the kraft paper mailer with patterned paper (it is from a Recollections collection, I'm not sure which). I had to use a blade to cut the opening out of the back of the shipper to put the tab in to close it. The card stock I used to back it with is part of the scraps from my next project. Inside the box I taped a 5 by 7 cello bag (also available at Miriam's Crafting Supplies) that I filled with cookies and closed up.

The other holiday I made a project for was National Pie Day. I searched for a mini pie box svg and found this one at All Things Crafty and Delicious. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make a mini pie, but those don't stay well, and I think that this will be my son's Valentine's Day gift, so that's ok. There is a piece of transparency over the opening on the top of the box. Instead of a ribbon in the slits meant for that on top I used twine.

I am entering these is the Creative Cutting Challenge - Valentine's Not A Card

Your next stop along the way of the calendar is Lucy. Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on February 9, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!